The forecast for Hurricane Dorian appears that it will skirt the Florida coast line and make landfall along the Georgia and South Carolina boarder. That’s according to the update from the National Hurricane center this morning. Dorian is a Category 4 storm now with sustained winds at 145 miles per hour nearing a Category 5.. Predictions have the storm taking a sharp right turn and possible landfall along the Carolina coastline late Wednesday.
In Morgan City the 84th the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival is cooking up plenty for the historic event. Executive Director Darby Radcliffe says people come from all over for the food and shrimp lovers will have a hard time running out of options…
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Food is not the only draw of the festival there’s live music and carnival rides.
Traveling this weekend is a bit lighter on the wallet compared to last Labor Day Weekend with gas prices down 40 cents a gallon this year and down 16 cents in just the last month. AAA Fuel Analyst Don Redman says last Labor Day weekend we were paying about 2.60 a gallon. But for Gulf South states those low numbers aren’t necessarily comforting.
Louisiana’s current statewide average is 2.19, while the national average is 2.58 a gallon.
College football is in full swing across the state. UL Lafayette and Mississippi State are in the Dome today. LSU kicks off tonight at home against Georgia Southern, ULM and Grambling play in Monroe tonight and Southern plays McNeese State in Lake Charles. La Tech is in Texas playing the Longhorns tonight.